Hell (2011)
Apr 14, 2021Earth After a Catastrophic Rise in Global Temperature
A Roland Emmerich produced film that takes place in a future that has been catastrophically affected by a ten-degree rise in temperatures worldwide
Lars Eidinger
Personal Shopper (2016)
Oct 16, 2016Possible Ghost Story/Mystery Texter
Olivier Assayas's high-profile but wildly critically divided work feels as though it has several competing plots circling around Kristen Stewart – a ghost story, one about a mystery texter and briefly a murder mystery – which feel incomplete and unfinished and only maybe intersecting with one another
SS-GB (2017)
Jan 14, 2018Alternate History/England Under Nazi Rule
The alternate history has never fared well on film but this British mini-series is an excellent variant on the Nazis Win World War II scenario. As opposed to the similar but tedious The Man in the High Castle series, this is marvellously understated and written with superb tension
High Life (2018)
Apr 27, 2019Space Mission
The title suggests a film about stoners more than about a space mission. From acclaimed director Claire Denis, this is less the space realism of Gravity and more akin to Solaris and its mission crew falling apart
Cut Off (2018)
Jun 15, 2021Forensic Thriller
Gripping German forensic psychology thriller that starts with one of the most memorable hooks in recent years where a pathologist autopsies a body only to find his daughter’s name and cellphone number embedded in its head
Dumbo (2019)
Jun 29, 2019Flying Elephant/Disney Live-Action Remake
Another in the spate of live-action remakes of Disney animated films - one of four to be released in 2019 alone. This comes from Tim Burton who reconceives as Dumbo as another of his oddball outsiders.
White Noise (2022)
Jan 13, 2023Satire/Toxic Cloud
Noah Baumbach makes a bitingly satiric adaptation of a Don DeLillo novel about the panic caused by a toxic cloud